Mecca pilgrims a priority for meningococcal vaccination
...prevent an outbreak of meningococcal disease among pilgrims and their contacts this year, conclude authors of ...ingococcal disease was seen in 2000 and 2001 among pilgrims returning from Saudi Arabia and their contacts. The Public Health Laboratory Service (covering Engla...All Hajj pilgrims should get meningitis jab
...esearchers. Throat swabs were taken from 204 Malay pilgrims 18-72 days before their departure for the 2001 Haj...ilgrimage. Repeat swabs were taken from 84% of the pilgrims up to 45 days after their return. Seventeen per cent of pilgrims were menningococcal carriers, with ......of meningococcal meningitis occurred among British pilgrims in 1987, 2000, and 2001, and the Saudi authorities now insist that all pilgrims must be vaccinated." Pilgrims also need to be aware of the risks of important bloodborne infections ...